I grew up around the airline industry and remember flying in the 1970’s, a very different era than today. Times change and the airlines are no different, yet it is fun to look back and remember how air travel used was. My first exposure to Pan Am was in the mid 1980’s in Seattle. I […]

This spring I had a chance to compare traveling airline vs. private aircraft on almost the same route only a few weeks apart. The first trip was via airline with my wife from Charlotte to the Tampa Bay area to visit her family, the second trip was almost the same route, this time via a […]

It’s spring and that makes me think of Baseball. I grew up in San Diego just up the hill from the old Padre’s stadium in Mission Valley, in fact, we could watch the fireworks from our front yard. We went to many Padre’s games as kids – baseball was a lot cheaper back then. I […]

In 2012 I visited the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees while on a trip to Yosemite National Park. Like most of us I grew up seeing pictures and marveling at the size of these trees , but not quite comprehending it. It takes walking up to a living tree that large before you start […]

Have I told you that Glacier National Park is one of my favorite parks? There is something about Glacier that is special to me. My visits have been in early season when the park is still waking up from Winter and the crowds haven’t built to peak summer season. The relative quiet of the park […]

Glacier National Park is one of my favorites. I have visited twice and Glacier Park day hikes are a great way to explore the park – both trips were amazing. Too often when you return to a location, it isn’t as fun the second time, but there is so much to explore in Glacier that […]

My first trip to Glacier National Park was in 2006 when I went hiking with a buddy. It was an amazing trip, the park is truly one of the gems of the National Park Service. I went back recently for another trip, and the park was just as beautiful as I remembered, and in many […]

In honor of the start of the Iditarod, which takes place on March 2, I’m remembering my own dog sledding adventure a number of years ago (the pictures were obviously not taken with an SLR, it’s all you can do to hold onto a sled without worrying about losing your camera!). I absolutely love huskies. […]

A special lady is celebrating an important birthday this week. It was on February 9, 1969 that the Boeing 747 first flew. The list of commercial aircraft still in production 45 years after they first flew is a very short list – hint, they are both Boeing. When you talk to the casual traveler, they […]

You can spot the frequent flyers on the plane by watching them mouth the words to the safety video. It is one of the dangers of flying, you sit through so many safety briefings that you become numb. Over the past few years the airlines have been trying to keep passengers attention by adding in […]